Saints DT Sheldon Rankins will start training camp on the physically-unable-to-perform list, as expected, while he recovers from his torn Achilles. Rankins can be taken off the list at any time if he is healthy and ready to practice. But he will only be eligible for the regular-season PUP list if he remains sidelined throughout all of training camp and the preseason.
In a year of notable transition on Bill Belichick's coaching staff, the following is an updated snapshot of the 2019 staff:
The Packers have signed the reliable Dean Lowry to a contract extension, the team announced. The fourth-round pick in 2016 was scheduled to make $2.025 million this year in the final season of his rookie deal. A source said the new deal is three years, $20.325 million including a $6 million signing bonus.
The Jaguars announce they have placed WR Marqise Lee (knee), LT Cam Robinson (knee), and RB Ryquell Armstead (hamstring) on PUP and LB Jake Ryan (knee) and OL Donnell Green on active/non-football injury list to begin training camp. Team also signed DL Lyndon Johnson.
The Chiefs suspended Tyreek Hill in late April, or before they started offseason practice. I asked Andy Reid how far behind Hill would be for missing all of the 12 practice sessions. “He'll have a little catching up to do,'' Reid said. “We put in a few new things. He and Patrick (Mahomes) have worked together and the receiving core is very close and they've all been together. I'm sure they're catching him up on stuff. But until you get out there and do it you haven't done it so there will be a few new things for him.''
More Andy Reid on Tyreek Hill: “I've had a chance to talk to him, on the phone, in person. I spent quite a bit of time with him, actually. He's remorseful that he's had to go put all of us through what we went through and he had to go through. That's a sensitive situation. He wants to get back and he wants to do what he needs to do to be a father and to be a player here. He's very conscious of that.''
"We're comfortable with Tyreek coming back and having an opportunity to get back to what he loves to do." — Andy Reid on Tyreek Hill.
Patrick Mahomes on Tyreek Hill: "We stayed in touch (during Hill's suspension) as much as possible . . . He's a good friend of mine." The Chiefs begin a three-day mini-camp for QBs and rookies on Wednesday.
Rookie RB Ryquell Armstead (hamstring) will begin training camp on PUP, per source.
Receiver Geronimo Allison reports for his fourth NFL training camp but his first where he's main focus will be playing in the slot. "I like it," Allison said. "Coming in, I've always been that utility guy, that versatile guy to kind of move around. I'm loving it. I'm getting comfortable inside and outside, and I'm going to make the most of every opportunity."
Odell Beckham Jr. on talking about the Giants: "I'm ready to put it all behind me. I think everybody has moved on. I've moved on. They've moved on. It's just time."
New Packers safety Adrian Amos when asked who is training camp roommate will be: "Hopefully nobody."
The release of Allen Hurns will not hit the transaction wire today, according to a source, but when he is released it will save the Cowboys $5 million and give the team more than $24 million in cap room, according to ESPN Stats & Information. The Cowboys do not need the money to sign Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper and Ezekiel Elliott to long-term deals but the added room never hurts.
Blake Martinez's daughter, Kinsley, was born last summer during training camp. This year, she's along for the ride — but only on check-in day at St. Norbert College — although he joked she'd be a better roommate than fellow linebacker Kyler Fackrell.
By what mode of transportation will Antonio Brown arrive in Napa?
Is this a make-or-break year for Derek Carr?
It's almost time...
The Lions placed WR Tommylee Lewis on the PUP list — third veteran to be added to the list in the last couple of days. Lewis did next to no work this spring, spending his time with the rehabilitation group.
The holdup in the Quinnen Williams contract negotiation is the signing-bonus payment schedule. Williams would like the bonus ($21.7M) paid in full in the first year; the Jets want to defer part of it to Year 2. From what I understand, it would be the largest deferment of any top-5 pick. A year ago, Sam Darnold received his entire bonus ($20.1M) within 15 days of signing, which is rare for a high pick. Williams will get his money, but the two sides have to agree on when. The first practice is Thursday. It would be a bad look if the Jets, starting a new era, can't get their No. 1 pick on the field in time.
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